Decision Workspace
line-ui vs shellcaster vs ncurses-native
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
line-ui
experimentalv0.5.0
Line-based UI with termion
47
shellcaster
growingv2.0.1
A terminal-based podcast manager to subscribe to and play podcasts.
45
ncurses-native
experimentalv0.1.5
Clean-room, dependency-free Rust reproduction of ncurses terminal output (cursor-movement optimizer, SGR attributes, color, screen framing) for the admitted xterm/ncurses 6.4 terminal. A byte-exact seed toward native-Rust curses output parity.
Core Metrics
| line-ui | shellcaster | ncurses-native | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 47 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 12.8K | 112 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 256d ago | 1593d ago | 21d ago |
| Age | 8m | 6y | 28d |
Health Breakdown
line-ui
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
shellcaster
Maintenance
5
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
ncurses-native
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| line-ui | shellcaster | ncurses-native | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 2.0.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 406KB | 460KB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •line-ui leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shellcaster has the most downloads (12.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ shellcaster has not been updated in over a year.
- •line-ui, ncurses-native are pre-1.0 — API may change.